Recruitment and consultancy freeze – exceptions approved – August 2011

1. During the month of August, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze (above £20k) have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer.

2. The details are shown below:

| Approval date | Ref: No. & directorate | Summary of application | Consultancy/ recruit | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|----------| | 11 August 2011 | 119 Corporate Services | Pay advice on Network Rail’s remuneration arrangements £25,000 | Consultancy | Approved | | 15 August 2011 | 122 Legal | Temporary PA cover | External recruitment | Approved\* | | 16 August 2011 | 121 Corporate Services | HR agency appointments | External recruitment | Approved | | 18 August 2011 | 123 Legal | Temporary worker to search databases for an ET disclosure | External recruitment | Approved | | 30 August 2011 | 125 | International benchmarking of efficiency of Network Rail’s expenditure on support and operations £100,000 | Consultancy | Approved |

Further details of any of the above applications and decisions are available from Elaine Horton

- Approved by Director of Corporate Services as Accounting Officer on leave

3. No recruitment or consultancy applications were refused by the chief executive

4. One consultancy application (\<£20k) was considered and approved by the Director of Corporate Services